UN agency urges Pakistan to halt expelling Afghans during winter
Islamabad, PakistanReuters The UN refugee agency on Wednesday urged Pakistan to halt deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees during the harsh winter season, as police continued to search homes and expel Afghanis who had not already left. Islamabad last month announced it would expel over a million undocumented refugees, mostly Afghans, amid a row with Kabul […]
Deportation drive sparks “sense of panic” among Afghan refugees in Pakistan: UNHCR
Karachi, PakistanReuters The UN refugee agency on Tuesday expressed concern over widespread distress in large Afghan refugee communities across Pakistan where authorities are conducting searches to round up and expel undocumented foreigners. Islamabad last month announced it would expel over a million undocumented refugees, mostly Afghans, amid a row with Kabul over charges it harbours […]
UN warns of unprecedented refugee challenge as West tightens borders
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The UN refugee agency is facing one of the most difficult moments in its more than 70-year history as record displacements coincide with funding shortfalls and a “short-sighted” focus on border controls, its chief said on Monday. Conflicts from Ukraine to Sudan have contributed to the displacement of some 110 million people around […]
Venezuelans seeking asylum tops 117,000 this year – more than for whole of 2017
Some 117,000 Venezuelans have already claimed asylum in other countries this year – more than for the whole of last year – as people in the South American nation continue to face widespread food and medical shortages, skyrocketing inflation and political unrest and violence. UN refugee agency, UNHCR, announced the figure this week as it […]
More than 1,500 have died trying to cross Mediterranean Sea in first seven months of 2018, says UNHCR
More than 1,500 people have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in the first seven months of this year – with more than 850 people killed in June and July alone, according to the UN refugee agency. Figures from UNHCR show that about 60,000 people have crossed the Mediterreanean this year and while […]